Descent is a rule of relationship that links people together on the basis of reputed common ancestry. It often serves to regulate inheritance and the formation of kin groups
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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A slow period of growth and development among primates provides for all of the following except:
a. built-in behavioral responses b. tight social bonds within the community c. flexible and changeable behavioral patterns d. close mother–infant bonds
All of the following statements about treatment of psychological disorders are correct except: a. There are commercial pressures that favor a bioscience approach to mental disorders. b. Mental health practices in North America are very ethnocentric
c. A reductionist biomedical mindset commonly ignores cultural factors in mental disorders. d. Mental disorders are always caused by a combination of cultural and biological factors.
Anthropologists do NOT use the term “primitive” to refer to art because ____
a. they cannot agree on a definition for the term b. primitive art is a craft, not really an art c. it has connotations of inferiority d. contemporary societies do not make such art at the present e. small-scale societies do not use the term
Which of these statements best describes culture from the perspective of anthropology?
a. Culture is strongly related to level of education. b. Culturally sophisticated people have higher status than others. c. Culture is socially transmitted. d. The culture of some groups is often better than that of others.